Nice to know that the UK even uses that word, there's so many things that are different. There's bonnet, we say hood (car), pavement, we say sidewalk, garden, we say yard, nappies (sp?), we say diaper, loo, we say bathroom/toilet. So many differences in words that escape my mind!
Even after decades watching television programmes from the USA there are still occasions when words 'appear' that I do not know/understand. Thank goodness we have ipads and the internet.
You call it an eraser we call it a rubber,we call it a condom you call it a rubber.Could be embarrassing for a person from UK to go into an American store and ask for a rubber .Also don't you call a 'bum bag' a 'fanny pack'?As a fanny to us is a women's pussy.
I'm not sure who provides office supplies for the company I'm employed by but I can assure you that we do not order pritt sticks, heck, I've never heard of that product before.
Often) (pronounced with a silent "t") Canadian (and other English speaking people) pronounce words differently than Americans. Niche is an excellent example. Americans pronounce it to rhyme with "witch" but Canadians pronounce it to rhyme with leash.
I'm American, and I've heard niche rhyming with leash WAY more than the other way you mention, which doesn't sound right at all to me. I do live pretty close to Canada though, in NY state.
Ya know, Arexa, we really do have a strange/difficult language.
In the instance of bean, lean, mean, the ean is pronounced as "een" (like teen). But, the "een" in been is not pronounced with the long "e", it is pronounced like "in" as in tin. Dang!
Where the frick is JustWill when you're looking for "help" with the English language? Oh, that's right, he's probably busy preparing his next PSA installment on Men's Health!
Jelly is exactly that, jelly. In my opinion, overalls are the denim things that have a bib like panel that is attached in the front and held in place by straps. Pants aka trousers but underpants are always pants, not undertrousers (if you get my drift).
So, what is jelly, overalls and pants, in your opinion?
You put jam on toast. And over all go over everythinf.
I had a huge fight with an American coworker about this. Turns out we're both right. Jam is the fruit and fruit juice, jelly is just the fruit juice with thickeners.
I mean the one you enter from the outside. Now I realize some basements you can enter from out side. But in this case a building that doesn't have a basement.
I just checked UK prices for 'preloved' 1966 VW beetles. Yours was so cheap !! one I found was $10,100 and another $18,900.
We have ashow here on the Discovery channel 'Wheeler dealers' in which classic cars in need of tlc are boight, brought back to life and sold on for amazing amounts sometimes.
How do you say/pronounce the word coupon?
Do you pronounce it as coo-pon OR
Do you pronounce it as cue-pon (with a hard "Q")
Or heck, maybe you don't even use the darn word at all!
In the instance of bean, lean, mean, the ean is pronounced as "een" (like teen). But, the "een" in been is not pronounced with the long "e", it is pronounced like "in" as in tin. Dang!
Where the frick is JustWill when you're looking for "help" with the English language? Oh, that's right, he's probably busy preparing his next PSA installment on Men's Health!
So, what is jelly, overalls and pants, in your opinion?
There's a big difference between overalls, which cover the legs and chest area versus coveralls which cover ALL, go figure!
I had a huge fight with an American coworker about this. Turns out we're both right. Jam is the fruit and fruit juice, jelly is just the fruit juice with thickeners.
Did I get it right?
Gosh, this is just as difficult as that program, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
It is a 1966 model with a price tag of $6,495.00! Ouch! That's probably more than the car cost whe it was brand new!
We have ashow here on the Discovery channel 'Wheeler dealers' in which classic cars in need of tlc are boight, brought back to life and sold on for amazing amounts sometimes.
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